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By AndyC2 SILVER
Westford, Massachusetts

Unlike too many Americans, my family has always had access to a basic human right: clean air.  But, in 2010, an unthinkable announcement threatened the residents of my Massac...
AndyC2 SILVER, Westford, Massachusetts
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Logan Kelley BRONZE, Abernathy, Texas
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By ahshockey2208 BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
ahshockey2208 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
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HectorR BRONZE, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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By MagicMan20 SILVER
Peachtree City, Georgia
MagicMan20 SILVER, Peachtree City, Georgia
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Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.

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By laurencolyer BRONZE
Franklin Lakes, NJ, New Jersey
laurencolyer BRONZE, Franklin Lakes, NJ, New Jersey
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By Abril12 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
Abril12 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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By ethereal_dar GOLD
Manila, Other
ethereal_dar GOLD, Manila, Other
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Caelanh SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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